Summary
A 24-year-old man, Daniel Schmidt, was arrested after allegedly disrupting a voting line and assaulting an election judge in Orland Park, Illinois.
Schmidt reportedly attempted to skip the line, ignored repeated instructions to wait, and punched an election judge who tried to stop him, knocking off their glasses.
Other patrons restrained him until police arrived, at which point Schmidt resisted arrest. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated battery against a person over 60 and resisting arrest.
Which party I wonder…
It’s crazy, it’s always the party you’d most expect.
The one prone to violence and has control issues, then wonders why no one likes them except dumb, or sociopathic people, so they make up false equivalencies and conspiracies to justify their own sad existence? Hopefully the voters wake up and do a purge. Especially in the midterms.
“Libertarians” who always seem to vote Republican
That of law and order, supposedly
Gotta keep the pigs employed somehow.
Man, so much violence from both sides… It’s hard to say.
I hate Illinois Nazis.
That’s one way to stop a trump vote, ask them to follow the rules and be curtious to others till they punch you in the face and get ejected from the voting location.
We need more people that can take a punchat voting locations. We only have so many old people.
They think rules only apply to those below them.
Is this the second elderly who got punched in the face this election by a magat? I think it’s the second elderly punched in the face by a magat.
❤️Family values❤️
It’s like the fifth or sixth. All Trump psychos doing the attacking, of course.
Second so far …
The day is young, so many elderly out there for a young MAGA to assault!
I really hope I’m wrong, but I fully expect at least one shooting incident at a polling place today. I’ve seen multiple posts by redcaps claiming they plan to go armed, and they seem to be spoiling for a confrontation. I really hope everyone can stay safe.
Nowhere in the article does it say anything to suggest who he was voting for. In a population of 300 million there are gonna be some number of crazies in every demographic
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y’all are loopy. I’m 100% team Harris, i even phonebanked for her - did you? All i said is that there’s nothing in the article about whether he’s a trumper or not, and there are some number of insane non-trumpers out there. If you think literally all people who aren’t voting for trump are sane, then you’re the one who’s insane. It doesn’t matter whether this particular person turns out to be trumper or not, the point is we shouldn’t jump to conclusions or else we’ll eventually wind up with egg on our face
Political violence is pretty party-specific.
He follows Trump’s Facebook page at the least
Ew, a Facebook user, I knew it!
This is a good example of keeping your mind so open your brain falls out.
No. The article doesn’t explicitly say what party he planned to vote for. That’s right.
Almost all instances of election violence have been committed by the same party - even the attempted assassinations. I’m sure there could be examples of violence from the other party but I’m genuinely struggling to think of any.
So if a reasonable person hears someone in an election line was violent they’re not going to think “well there are crazies on both sides, so yaneverknow.”
Let’s wager then. 10:1 odds, one millyun dollars.
His actions are a pretty big indicator but not 100% true.
Agreed.
Ive put so much time into lemmy but im realizing it may be best to start looking elsewhere.
The amount of people that are fanatically ignorant is almost suspicious. How can this be a representation real people? Is this place just a magnet for no-lifers? Surely people dont want to spend their time reading or discussing articles like “Musk is realizing how dumb he is”.
Its like looking at the dumbest possible representation of my beliefs to make me question if my beliefs themselves are dumb lol.
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Illinois allows felons to vote once they finished their sentence.
This is a good thing. It applies to everyone, not just the people we disagree with.
It would be a little better if everyone could vote, regardless of felony stays.
Felons can’t vote in the USA?
How can a felon be a presidential candidate but another felon can not vote for him?
I truly do not understand USA.
How can a felon be a presidential candidate but another felon can not vote for him?
Easy. Laws do not apply to the rich and powerful.
I truly do not understand USA.
Just imagine three weapons manufactures hiding in a trench coat pretending to be a government, and you can work backwards from there.
Until the last decade or so, felons could not vote. Recently, several states have opened a pathway for felons to regain their right to vote.
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And he obviously hasn’t been convicted yet so yeah he’d be free to vote.
Something tells me that, being under arrest, he’s not gonna be allowed to vote.
Michigan doesn’t do cash bail anymore, so unless a DA pushes for a hearing to hold him as a danger, he may be out later today in time to vote.
Considering the circumstances, that may just end up being the case.
Yes under arrest he’d be screwed but as someone else stated he’ll likely be out in time.
I’ve been arrested before, and never was I out in fewer than 18 hours. That would not give him enough time to get back to the polls to vote.
Oh I completely agree on both counts. I’ve had family members that have been incarcerated before and it was a very slow process.
Then why did you say that he’d likely be out in time?
I’m a little fuzzy on the rules in Illinois right now, since they got rid of bail, but I think a prosecutor has to request a hearing to have him held until trial. Otherwise he will be processed and released pending trial. He could, conceivably be out in time to vote today.
He is a clear danger to others so odds might be against him there, also.
Lol you’ve never been to Illinois.
He doesn’t have to worry since he’s about to be a felon
Not until convicted. My point is, if he’s out today, he can vote today.
But he’ll have to wait in line, and we all know how that goes
He’d have to go to the same polling place though, right? Seems unlikely the people he assaulted would be keen to let him back in.
I don’t know. I’m not certain that they could legally stop him as long as he behaves himself.
So if he tried to jump the line to vote, got arrested, and now can’t vote. Sound strategy.
Magats PUNCHING elderly people is JOE BIDENS fault because Joe Biden NEVER told Republicans NOT to Punch Elderly People! Family Values!
If Trump claimed it was Joe’s fault because he punches elderly people in the face every day, 30+% of the country wouldn’t just believe it without question but would start claiming it immediately.
That means Kamala is to blame because apparently she’s been running the Biden administration.
Let me guess who he was planning on voting for.
FUCK YOU OLD MAN I NEED TO PROTECT WOMENS HEALTH!
Let me guess: registered as Republican, yes?
Good. One less.
Breaking news: we have confirmed he was republican based on a misunderstanding in Lemmy comments.
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Hopefully he did this before he voted
according to the article he didnt wait in line. thats the punch line
Sounds like he won’t have to worry about voting for a long time, since I’m guessing theres at least one felony somewhere in those charges.
- 2 counts of Aggravated Battery to a victim over 60 (Class 3 Felony)
- 2 counts of Aggravated Battery in a public place (Class 3 Felony),
- 5 misdemeanor counts of Resisting Arrest
- 1 misdemeanor count of Disorderly Conduct
What a piece of schmidt.
Well on the plus side, if he gets convicted (likely) he’ll be a felon who won’t be able to vote again ever.
Illinois allows felons to vote once they’re not actively serving a sentence in prison.
If his party wins, no one will vote again ever. Or if they do it will be in a sham election.
I’m usually not one for disenfranchising felons, but when the offense is attacking the elections process itself I can make an exception!
He may just be counting on a lifetime Trump dictatorship (complete with a pardon for his assault, since he did it for the “greater good”)
That’s OK, he can still run for president!
That’s bad. Once they serve their time they should be allowed to vote.
They should be allowed to vote while incarcerated as well.
24-year-old Daniel Schmidt
tch. Danny, Danny, Danny. You done fucked up Danny boy.
Schmidt, huh? Good German name innit. Is that a tattoo on your neck there ol Danster? Hey - I hear in prison you can meet new people!
Y’see Danny - what we have here is something we call an egregious crime. Can you say egregious? . . . very close! Anyway, you’ve got a room full of people who saw you act like a total MAGAt and punch a poll worker. They don’t like that Danny. They’re gonna testify, Danny. You’re fucked on this one Danny.
But hey. Your demented rapist sociopath god will surely pardon you right? Good thing you didn’t make the national news with a big ol’ picture of your stupid ass face for - y’know - future gangs or whatever it is you may have wanted to do with your life or whatever.
On the other hand - it’s a hell of an origin story for someone who never shows up in social media or the news again and spends their life helping others because they fucked up so bad. There’s some audacious hope!
